10 Worst Licensed Video Games Of The Generation (So Far)
8. Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (2022)
The first Cobra Kai game was a surprisingly scrappy underdog - shabby, sure, but packed with fan service and just enough charm to land a crane kick to the nostalgia gland. The sequel, on the other hand? Not so much...
Dojos Rising had all the ingredients to build something better: a bigger budget, multiple playable dojos, online versus mode, and a broader cast pulled straight from the show. Unfortunately, what we got felt more like an early access prototype than a finished product. Combat is floaty and unsatisfying, hit detection is laughable, and the visuals would’ve looked dated ten years ago. Even walking around the overworld feels like wading through molasses.
Worse still, it shipped with performance issues, soft locks, broken enemy AI, and laughably poor cutscene animation - all of which suggest that, despite its current popularity, this franchise was treated as little more than a quick tie-in cash grab.
There’s heart in there somewhere, and fans really wanted to like it, but for a series that thrives on momentum, Cobra Kai 2 stumbled hard. Sweep the leg? This thing couldn’t even stand up straight.